# GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA

> GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Medellín, Colombia
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/22690
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/bancolombia
- Website: http://grupobancolombia.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bancolombia

GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA is a VC fund in Medellín focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Bancolombia SA is a Colombia-based financial institution primarily engaged, together with its subsidiaries, in the banking sector. The Company provides a range of financial products and services to individual and corporate customers, which include stock brokerage, investment banking, leasing, factoring, consumer finance, fiduciary and trustservices, asset management, and insurance, among others. The Company is a parent of Grupo Bancolombia, a group present in Central America, with El Salvador's bank, Banagricola SA, off-shore banking subsidiaries in Panama, Cayman and Puerto Rico, as well as an agency in Miami. In April 2014, the Company acquired assets, liabilities and contracts of Factoring Bancolombia; as a result the Company holds 99.99% stake in Factoring Bancolombia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA. Shizune tracks 3 team members at GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/grupo-bancolombia?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | $5M–$113M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3M–$7.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 6 | 67% |
| FinTech | 3 | 33% |
| Lending | 2 | 22% |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 2 | 22% |
| Legal | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 4 | 44% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colombia | 7 | 78% |
| Norway | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arturo Yesid Gonzalez Peña | Quantitative Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arturo-yesid-gonzalez-pe%C3%B1a |
| Carlos Ignacio Patiño-Florez | Analytic Capabilities Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-ignacio-pati%C3%B1o-florez |
| Carlos Raul Yepes Jimenez | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-raul-yepes-jimenez |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scatec ASA | Scatec Solar is an integrated independent solar power producer, delivering affordable, rapidly deployable and sustainable source of clean energy worldwide. A long term player, Scatec Solar develops, builds, owns, operates and maintains solar power plants, and already has an installation track record of close to 600 MW. | $85M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| AgriCapital | AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services. | $7.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| AgriCapital | AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services. |  | Debt Financing | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| trii | Trii partnered with prominent financial institutions to develop Colombia's first trading app. Trii is a mobile platform that allows retail investors to buy both US and local equities in LatAm. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| RappiPay | RappiPay is a financial service that provides near-field communication-based prepaid cards and wallets for consumers. | $113.5M | Debt Financing | Sep 16, 2022 |  |
| Home Capital | Home Capital Outlet provides a digital housing outlet that generates savings in money, time, and problems for families. They also provide legal and financial advisory services. Their customers contact through address, phone, and mail. | $3M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Sempli | Sempli is building the leading all-in-one finance digital bank for small businesses in Colombia. | $5M | Debt Financing | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Awake | Our purpose is to Inspire and Empower People to Protect Nature, Through TravelWe are a community of travelers and hosts deeply concerned about the biodiversity lost in the worldThat´s why we decided to use tourism as a tool to bring people together, connect and strengthen local hosts and empower them to protect nature.Here you can find greattravel experiences in nature and rural destinations, from trekking to whale watching, 4x4 expeditions, birdwatching, cultural immersive experiences with indigenous and local communities, mountaineering or simply contemplate the astonishing views that nature offers.Book directly from local hosts, that will make your trip worth of living, and find an experience that matches your interests, thought just for you: private or very small groups, several comfort levels, different difficulty options and the accommodation you prefer, from a 5 stars eco-lodge to a thousand stars camping site.The best thing is that by traveling with us you boost biodiversity conservation, by empowering local hosts in their efforts to protect nature. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jul 23, 2020 |  |
| Finaktiva | Finaktiva is the number one financial ally of Colombian entrepreneurs. We offer flexible and agile online financial solutions (loans in various forms, factoring and confirming) adjusted to the requirements of the companies. We also offer a range of non-financial tools through our platform to help SMEs´ grow. Our customers are typically businesseswith innovative business models, double-digit growth rates that have a positive impact in their communities. | $9M | Debt Financing | Dec 09, 2019 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Comfama](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comfama-6c2a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-latam-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aktiva Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aktiva-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alive-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alphamundi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphamundi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banco de Bogota](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-de-bogot%C3%A1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA invest in?

GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Lending startups, most often at Debt Financing and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA's check size?

GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA typically joins rounds of $5M–$113M at Debt Financing and $3M–$7.4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA participates in.

### How do I contact GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA?

Public channels for GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA?

The team at GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA includes Arturo Yesid Gonzalez Peña (Quantitative Analyst), Carlos Ignacio Patiño-Florez (Analytic Capabilities Manager) and Carlos Raul Yepes Jimenez (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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